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McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the
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''Arkansas Times''. April 9, 1999. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School. Originally it was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (nowWACKENHUT TO GET OUT OF PRISON CONTRACTS
" ''Miami Herald''. February 17, 2001. 1C Business. Retrieved on March 7, 2011.
McPherson Unit
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McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the Arkansas Department of Corrections
The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC), formerly the Arkansas Department of Correction, is the state law enforcement agency that oversees inmates and operates state prisons within the U.S. state of Arkansas. DOC consists of two divisions, ...
, located in Newport, Arkansas
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, Jackson County, Arkansas, United States located on the White River (Arkansas), White River, northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. The population was 7,879 at the 20 ...
, off Arkansas Highway 384
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Okla ...
, east of central Newport. Established in 1998, the prison houses the state's death row for women.Haddigan, Michael.They Kill Women, Don't They?
''Arkansas Times''. April 9, 1999. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School. Originally it was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (now
GEO Group
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The company ...
), with the management contract beginning in July 1997. In 2001, after operating the McPherson Unit and the nearby Grimes Unit
The Grimes Unit is a medium- and maximum-security state prison for men located in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
The facility was opened in 1998 and has a capacity of 1,012 i ...
at losses, Wackenhut stated that it would not renew the contract." ''Miami Herald''. February 17, 2001. 1C Business. Retrieved on March 7, 2011.
Notable prisoners
Death Row *Christina Marie Riggs
Christina Marie Riggs (September 2, 1971 – May 2, 2000) was convicted of the November 1997 murders of her two children, Justin Dalton Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Alexis Riggs (age 2). Riggs was a licensed practical nurse, and she planned to kill t ...
– Executed May 2, 2000.
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Arkansas Department of Correction
The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC), formerly the Arkansas Department of Correction, is the state law enforcement agency that oversees inmates and operates state prisons within the U.S. state of Arkansas. DOC consists of two divisions, ...
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Prisons in Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Arkansas
Capital punishment in Arkansas
1998 establishments in Arkansas
GEO Group
Newport, Arkansas
Women in Arkansas
Prisons completed in the 1990s